Bidet attachments



April 16, 1968 G. 0| PASQUALE BIDET ATTACHMENTS Filed Oct. 12. 1965INVENTOR GEORGIA DI PHSQUFILE BY m 9% United States Patent 3,377,629BlDET ATTACHMENTS Georgia Di Pasquale, 205 liirchwood Road, New Milford,NJ. 07646 Filed Oct. 12, 1965, Ser. No. 495,936 3 Claims. (Cl. 4-e)ABSTRAKTT OF THE DTSCLUSURE Bidet basin equipped with a screw fittingfor holding spray heads or other special discharge devices, with amedicament holder interposed in a supply line to the basin torconditioning the spray or other flow to the screw fitting and a valvefor controlling flows.

The invention herein disclosed relates to bidets of the type disclosedin Patent No. 3,134,985 of June 2, 1964 and comprising a basin adaptedto be placed over a toilet bowl and having a flow line for connectionwith an adjacent faucet or other water supply source.

The objects of this invention have been to provide simple and practicalattachments for such bidets for effecting desirable washing, cleansing,medicating and hydrotherapy results.

Other important objects of the invention are to attain these and otherdesirable results with quickly and easily applied and removed low costconstructions.

Other novel features and objects of the invention are set forth and willappear in the course of the following specification.

The drawing accompanying and forming part of the specificationillustrates certain present practical embodiments of the invention, butstructure may be modified and changed as regards the immediateillustration, all within the true intent and scope of the invention ashereinafter defined and claimed.

FIG. 1 is a broken part sectional view illustrating features of theinvention as applied to a bidet of the type disclosed in the abovementioned patent.

FIG. 2. is a detail broken sectional view of a holder tor medication,which may be used as a part of the bidet.

FIG. 3 is a broken sectional detail showing how different attachmentsmay be applied and used with the bidet.

The bidet structure here illustrated and covered by the patentidentified, comprises a shell of sheet material, such as plastic ormetal and shaped in the form of a pan or basin 20, having a dependentflange structure such as indicated at 22, adapted to fit over and aboutthe rim of a toilet bowl.

This basin is shown equipped with a control valve 31, operative todirect a flow of water to a spray head attachment set in the wall of thebasin or to discharge water from the basin into the toilet bowl.

The supply of water is provided in the illustration by a flexible hose32, equipped with a coupling 34, for engagement over a convenient supplyfaucet or the like, this hose being connected at 38, with the controlvalve.

From the control valve, a short connection 30, is extended to thefitting 50, which carries the spray head 28, or other attachment.

This fitting, which is set in the front wall of the basin is shown as inthe form of a screw socket and the companion attachments arecorrespondingly screw-threaded, so as to be readily engageable with anddetachable from the base fitting.

Another type of attachment is shown in FIG. 3, in the form of a douche51, carried by a flexible hose 52, termi- "ice nating in a screwcoupling 53, engageable with the bas fitting.

For medication or other treatment purposes, there i:

provided a medicament holder 54, shown in FIG. 1 a! 5 interposed in thesupply line 32.

This holder is shown in FIG. 2, in the form of a smali container havingscreened inlet and outlet nipples 55, 56 at opposite sides and aremovable cover 57, for filling and cleaning purposes.

This type of holder enables use of medicating materials in solid, liquidor powder forms.

Other forms of medication or treatment holders may be employed and theymay be located at different points in the circulatory system, forexample, directly at the screw socket for the spray head.

The screw type of coupling shown enables the ready substitution ofdifferent forms of spray heads or medicament holders.

This interchangeability of attachments enables the bidet to be readilyused for many different medical and cleansing treatments.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a bidet having a gasin to fit over the rim of atoilet bowl, of

a spray head supporting ter minal fitting supported in fixed relation inthe wall of said basin, and

water supply connections extending to said terminal fitting, including awatertight refilable holder for medicaments and the like and a controlvalve in the bottom of the basin connected to direct. flow of medicatedwater to said spray head fitting or to drain said basin.

2. The combination with a bidet having a basin to fit over the rim of atoilet bowl, of

a spray head supporting terminal. fitting supported in the wall of saidbasin, and water supply connections extending to said terminal fitting,including a refillable watertight holder for mcricaments and the like,said water supply connections further including sections of a flexiblehose and said holder having screened inlet and outlet nipples engagedwith said sections of said flexible hose.

3. The combination with a bidet having a basin to fit over the rim of atoilet bowl, of

a spray head supporting terminal fitting fixedly supported in the wallof said basin, and

so water supply connections extending to said terminal fitting,including a watertight holder for medicaments and the like, said fittingbeing in the form of a screw socket and spray head water deliveryattachments having companion screw threads interchangeably engageablewith said screw socket.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 233,864 11/1880 King 4-72,036,984 4/ 1936 Salvoni 46 2,080,438 5/1937 Salvoni 4-6 2,426,3038/1947 Graber 46 2,947,994 8/1960 Saulson et al 4--6 2,947,995 8/1960Saulson 4--6 LAVERN'E D. GEIGER, Primary Examiner. D. MASSENBERG,Assistant Examiner.

